Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1967

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1967 were Lisa for girls (2,042 babies) and Michael for boys (3,063). Social Security records list 90,677 babies born in Massachusetts in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1967

Names given at least 15 times in Massachusetts that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Maura: 83 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Maryellen: 36 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Annmarie: 67 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynne: 139 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Marybeth: 35 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Laureen: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Noreen: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lauren: 126 babies, 4× the national rate
Joanne: 240 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maureen: 266 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 54 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Francis: 177 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dana: 105 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 678 babies, 3× the national rate
Edmund: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Laurence: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Bradford: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shaun: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gerard: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Geoffrey: 59 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Massachusetts, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	2,042	–	1
2	Michelle	1,257	↑2	3
3	Susan	1,083	↓1	5
4	Christine	1,058	↑1	14
5	Karen	936	↓2	6
6	Kimberly	852	–	2
7	Mary	758	–	4
8	Kathleen	714	–	40
9	Patricia	689	–	11
10	Jennifer	649	↑4	10
11	Elizabeth	631	–	13
12	Deborah	580	↓2	22
13	Cheryl	540	–	35
14	Donna	534	↓2	19
15	Linda	500	–	26
16	Laura	485	↑2	15
17	Pamela	477	–	17
18	Nancy	470	↓2	37
19	Amy	444	↑9	12
20	Kelly	438	↑2	23
21	Julie	407	↓2	16
22	Lori	404	↑8	24
23	Diane	403	↓3	44
24	Melissa	390	↑16	9
25	Denise	385	–	34
26	Wendy	379	↑10	32
27	Sandra	372	↓6	20
28	Dawn	366	↑1	27
29	Cynthia	365	↓6	18
30	Debra	361	↓6	38
31	Michele	359	↑3	36
32	Sharon	345	–	30
33	Ann	332	↑6	57
34	Laurie	324	↓7	72
35	Tracy	317	↑3	29
36	Stephanie	314	new	25
37	Tammy	306	↑10	8
38	Paula	301	↓1	46
39	Suzanne	295	↑6	63
40	Barbara	294	↓9	33
41	Tina	294	new	21
42	Robin	291	↓9	45
43	Brenda	280	↓1	31
44	Kim	274	↓18	49
45	Maureen	266	↓10	>100
46	Andrea	264	↑4	48
47	Maria	263	↓1	42
48	Carol	256	↓5	47
49	Theresa	250	↓5	43
50	Catherine	249	↓9	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	3,063	–	1
2	John	2,436	–	4
3	David	2,424	–	2
4	Robert	2,043	–	5
5	James	1,943	–	3
6	Christopher	1,403	↑4	9
7	Mark	1,329	↑2	7
8	Richard	1,312	↓2	8
9	William	1,304	↓1	6
10	Paul	1,280	↓3	18
11	Joseph	1,179	–	15
12	Scott	1,122	↑1	16
13	Thomas	1,041	↓1	12
14	Brian	1,027	↑2	10
15	Daniel	937	↑3	19
16	Stephen	926	↑1	26
17	Steven	915	↓3	14
18	Kevin	910	↓3	17
19	Timothy	806	↑1	11
20	Jeffrey	800	↓1	13
21	Peter	678	–	39
22	Edward	596	–	31
23	Matthew	566	↑4	28
24	Eric	529	–	23
25	Kenneth	512	↓2	22
26	Anthony	486	–	21
27	Sean	470	↑6	44
28	Charles	469	↓3	20
29	Andrew	428	↑1	35
30	Patrick	386	↑2	30
31	Ronald	358	↓3	24
32	Gary	349	↓1	32
33	Donald	334	↓4	27
34	Gregory	334	↑1	25
35	Douglas	320	↑2	33
36	Keith	315	↓2	34
37	Todd	315	↑1	29
38	George	305	↓2	36
39	Dennis	236	↑3	43
40	Shawn	217	–	51
41	Jonathan	213	↓2	56
42	Raymond	213	↑1	48
43	Craig	212	↑3	46
44	Wayne	207	↑3	62
45	Philip	197	–	82
46	Frank	191	↓2	45
47	Francis	177	↑2	>100
48	Bruce	174	↓7	55
49	Marc	169	↓1	>100
50	Alan	168	–	61

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